"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Metaphors for Ministry: Hitting ‘The Road’ with Cormac McCarthy
An article I wrote during the past year was published this week at Preaching Today. It draws from one of my favorite novels of all time, Cormac McCarthy's The Road. If you know McCarthy's writing, you may know it is very rough around the edges. While The Road is also rough around the edges there …
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Ed Stetzer on “Church Leadership in a Post-COVID World”
In case you missed it, here is the video from Sunday afternoon's Leadership Community event at Eastbrook on the church leadership in a post-COVID world with Dr. Ed Stetzer. Ed joined us for this session to augment our annual MissionsFest, which began this weekend. https://vimeo.com/629422110 Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is a professor and dean at Wheaton …
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Lamenting Our Losses: three vital parts of lament in the pandemic
I was talking with a friend the other day about some of the changes we have experienced during the pandemic. Some of them were simple—activities we could no longer enjoy or places we could no longer visit—and others were more complex—missed milestones in our lives, friends and family members suffering with sickness, and concerns about …
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Learning to Respond to COVID-19 from Early Christians: Eusebius from his Ecclesiastical History
One of the most distinctive aspects of the early Christians was the manner in which they responded to troubles themselves while also reaching out to others. As we prepare for what looks to be ongoing results of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the moment for Christians of today to step forward by faith in relation …
Matthew Erickson 